Spring! PW Starred review: "Hairston balances a phantasmagoria of mystical and interdimensional elements with a cast of sharply drawn characters, creating very real-feeling people moving through a delightfully irreal world. The result is a lively and lovely tale of community triumphing over evil."

Make things in the cracks. Gather with others to create. Live now; leave good traces. #zentao

Celebrating Black History Month with new and upcoming releases from Black authors we can’t stop thinking about. 📚✨ Which one’s going on your TBR first? 👀

272. at @capriconsfcon.bsky.social , @andreahairston.bsky.social (left) is interviewed by @tbonejenkins.bsky.social (right)

#boskone Bar conned with @rdavis.bsky.social @ctaylorbutler.bsky.social . And @andreahairston.bsky.social Took picture with my goblin doppelganger @justinkey.bsky.social .

"Joining with others to shape a future is the holiest act." This relentlessly hope-filled and smart conversation brought me joy today. By @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @adapalmer.bsky.social @andreahairston.bsky.social @isisasare.bsky.social strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Despite what some folks tell you, your friend/neighbor doesn't have to LOOK LIKE YOU for you all to show up for each other, for you to feel each other. From Minnesota to Maine, Florida & California, from Greenland, to Gaza, & Kiev, to the Moon, we know this. This tarantula and frog know it too.

I'll be teaching at @lambdaliterary.org 2026 virtual retreat! Applications open on Nov 21, 2025 and close at 11:59 PM ET on Jan 8, 2026. Accepted fellows will no longer have to fundraise for their own tuition–Lambda Literary will provide financial support to those who need it. Spread the word!

Black Speculative Fiction Month. Day 2. Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social #Blackbooksky #booksky #bookrecs

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Northampton” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Loyalty is an incredible bookstore with an incredible team. I've done in-person events there, we did the Comfort Reads panels there with @marthawells.com @kjcharleswriter.com @tkingfisher.com, it's a wonderful place. please support if you can. www.crowdcast.io/c/comfortrea...

This is happening in a few days and it's gonna RAWK

Heather on the list, on the case, doing good in the world!

Mr. President, your party controls the House, the Senate and the White House. Do not shut down the government.

Good one! No need to normalize violence!

The headline should be about Discord’s chat spaces enabling vibrant democratic discourse & undermining the military curfew to enable free speech & participation. Empowerment through egalitarian access.

NEW: "I think this is a very frustrating part of alien invasion stories for many readers: the invasion begins, and people don’t believe it" Seth Dickinson, author of Exordia, on five unusual alien invasion books: fivebooks.com/best-books/a...

Andrea Hairston is a playwright and the author of multiple books, including Redwood and Wildfire, Lonely Stardust, and Masters of Poison. Today, she visits The OTHERWORLDS to discuss her debut novel, Mindscape. 🧵 @andreahairston.bsky.social soundcloud.com/authorsonthe...

Demands from @unitehere.org Local 23 members are simple: A fair wage, fair contract, and respect! This is the first strike of Texas hotel workers in modern history.

More reasons to be anti-AI

Obv looks fantastic, but can we have a shout out for Andrew Scott, who has absolutely cornered the market on malevolent glares. Prime example at 1.22.

Went out this morning and got our Covid and flu vaccines. They did ask me if I had any immunocompromised conditions and I said cancer and that was all they needed. They said they’d had tons of people getting the vaccine all weekend since they got the new one in.

And what an incredible journey it has been. 🖖

you can tell that RFK and anti-vax are a project of the elites because, despite generous anti-reality softball coverage, their views are still toxically unpopular.

you could not pay me money to read any amount of words on “blueskyism” if you are tempted to write a screed about social media website you don’t read then go outside

I did this video in my hotel room at Worldcon!

Pounding and Pounding! Finally a draft of THE REDEMPTION CENTER IS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS that I like! So BOOK HAUL! Charlie Jane Anders LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER was sold out, on order! SUNWARD out on Sept 16! I read SUNWARD flying coast to coast, a blast! All these books are delicious!

We love Renay's Mixtape and are honored that she chose one of @pematson.bsky.social 's reviews to link to this week, as well as our interview with @andreahairston.bsky.social

I had a wonderful time at Worldcon in Seattle in August! Definite spiritual uplift! Imagination to power change. Here I am with Martha Wells, who released QUEEN DEMON and MURDERBOT DAIRIES--RAPPORT this year. Be Challenged, Be inspired! @marthawells.com

And today is the day, y'all! Tonight at 7 PM Central, @andreahairston.bsky.social will sit down with us for a live interview for our ridiculous #podcast! We are super stoked to talk about Mindscape! Join us. Ask your own questions if you've got'em! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

Looking forward to this! We will talk up a storm!

i continue to think that “family annihilator” is a useful frame for the trump administration futurism.com/white-house-...

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Authors this round include @garethjohnbrown.bsky.social, @timchawaga.bsky.social, @lamargiles.bsky.social, @vermontgmg.bsky.social, @andreahairston.bsky.social, @deuceofgears.bsky.social +

In a few days, we'll host our weekly live recording of our ridiculous show! When? 7 PM Central. Friday. Who? @andreahairston.bsky.social joins us to discuss Mindscape re-releasing w/ @torbooks.bsky.social. Where? Twitch. Join the chat. Ask your own ?s, too! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

MINDSCAPE hit bookstores! A quote: We done let the poetic spirit in folk languish, like bein’ human mean togglin’ a damn switch steada imaginin’ yourself cross spacetime and back. Check me on that, all right? The square root of bullshit is bullshit. —Geraldine Kitt, Junk Bonds of the Mind Buy Local!

Just starting Archangels of Funk by @andreahairston.bsky.social and immediately digging it; turns out I have a major soft spot for cyborg dogs

I wrote a memorial essay in praise of the great Joanna Macy over there at my newsletter.....

Hey y'all! Unc editor here. We say "don't self reject" all the time. For some of us it's baked into the process already, but for others it might get lost in the sauce. So lemme repeat: Get your subs out there. Treat it like building a muscle, or a callus. When/if it comes back as a pass/

Sadly evergreen truth in skeet below, taken from @marthawells.com MURDERBOT DIARIES series. How're you feeling about your doorbell or smart speaker btw? (Adtech started this -- no-one wants the Corporation Rim, except Corporations)

Having a great time at Readercon! Also I'm on another New York Times list of books to read, this time by Veronica Roth who gives a shout out to ARCHANGELS OF FUNK! And other wonderful books! @readercon.bsky.social @veronicarothbooks.com

Readercon next weekend: P Djèlí Clark is Guest of Honor. I'm moderating a panel on his work! A Griot of this Galaxy! Cecilia Tan is also a GOH. We're doing Bisexuals in Science Fiction! Here is program schedule: schedule.readercon.org @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com @readercon.bsky.social

A good time will be had by all! @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @littlebadger.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com @serafloria.bsky.social

At the NY Times @marthawells.com recommends favorite SFF novels Includes my novel, MASTER OF POISONS, and works by @rsagarcia.bsky.social @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social @nghivo.bsky.social @aijiang.bsky.social @kateelliottsff.bsky.social @older.bsky.social Great list! Enjoy!

Dear Democratic Party, I need more from you You’re still asking for decorum and donations. WTF. That won’t save us. I don’t want to hear another polite floor speech. I want strategy. I want fire. I want action so bold it shifts the damn news cycle — not fits inside one Read L. Cheney to R Reich

Day 19, #Pride Book 19: For Juneteenth, ARCHANGELS OF FUNK, the latest novel from queer, Afrofuturist trailblazer Andrea Hairston (@andreahairston.bsky.social). As we talk about caretaking and community in the face of oppression and despair, ARCHANGELS gives us profound light, courage, and hope.

What do you do once ConCurrent is done for the day? Why, you head out to Writers with Drinks Seattle to see @charliejane.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @littlebadger.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com @andreahairston.bsky.social and Becky Chambers!

Good News! Hooray to all the authors. I am thrilled to be in such good company!